Glyptothorax
anamalaiensis Silas 1952
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Colour: Body dark
gray with ventral surface and fins pale. Adipose fin and other
fins tipped white. Three white transverse bands are present
on body, first below the rayed dorsal fin, second beneath the
adipose fin and the third at the base of the caudal fin. A broad
transverse band is seen at the bifurcation of the caudal fin
whose lobes are tipped white. Remarks: Glyptothorax
anamalaiensis is assessed as Endangered as the species
has a restricted distribution, with an AOO of less than 500km2.
Populations at two locations (Chaliyar and Kabini) are also
under threat from habitat decline due to poisoning and dynamiting. |
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Family: |
Sisoridae |
Distribution: |
Asia: Anamalai
Hills, Western Ghats, Kerala, India. Type locality:
Streams at base of Anamalai Hills, South India. |
Size: |
6.5cm. SL (2½ins) |
Temp: |
18-24°c (63-75°f.) |
p.H. |
6.0-7.0. |
Reference: |
Ferraris, C.J. Jr.,
2007. Checklist of catfishes, recent and fossil (Osteichthyes:
Siluriformes), and catalogue of siluriform primary types. Zootaxa
1418:1-628.
Jayaram. K.C. 2006, Catfishes of India. Narendera
Publishing House. 383p.
Raghavan, R. & Ali, A. 2011. Glyptothorax
anamalaiensis. In: IUCN 2012. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.
Version 2012.2. <www.iucnredlist.org>. |
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